17 August 2008

Here’s to a calm day

So far so good - its Force 6 wind (27 mph) and the sea is only rough (12 ft waves). And, no its not 3:51am - the ship’s time is showing the time in New York for some reason - its actually 2 hours later.


We are now approaching Newfoundland. For those interested in our Titanic obsession, we are also approaching the area where the great ship sank as marked on the above chart. As the historians amongst you will remember, the ship reported her location at the time as 41° 46′ N, 50° 14′ W, presumably thinking they were on course on the great circle route shown by the line above. The wreck was actually found in 1985, by the famous oceanographer Robert Ballard, at 41° 43′ N, 49° 56′ W.

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